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Pluralistic: Billionaire-proofing the internet; Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 5) (14 Jan 2025)


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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on January 14, 2025January 14, 2025Categories UncategorizedTags 80s, activitypub, Bluesky, crime, decentralization, eighties, fiction, forensic accounting, free our feeds, martin hench, marty hench, mastodon, mlms, multilevel marketing, picks and shovels, pyramid schemes, reverse engineering, scambusting, scams, science fiction, technothrillers, the 80s, the eighties, thrillers, weird pcs federation3 Comments on Pluralistic: Billionaire-proofing the internet; Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 5) (14 Jan 2025)

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